Vocabulary
Illegal practice of refusing to provide financial services to consumers based on the area where they live
What is redlining?
What factor led to the major growth of Chicago, Illinois
What was the impact of the railroad on Chicago?
Photos, case studies, video recordings or descriptions are used
What are examples of qualitative data?
Squatter settlements; increased crime; social isolation
What is a consequence cities face with rapid urbanization?
A period of rapid development of industry that started in Great Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries and created the explosion of population and expansion in cities.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to get a product or service
What is Range?
European population density is less than in American cities
How does the population in American cities compare to European cities?
Populations, distances, prices, and other measurements
What are examples of quantitative data?
Municipal and county planning ordinances that require a share of new construction to be affordable to people with low to moderate income
What are Inclusionary zoning laws?
The increase of population and movement of people to towns and cities
What is urbanization?
Combines elements of Latin American culture & globalization by combining radial sectors and concentric zones. Includes a thriving CBD with a commercial spine
What is the Latin American Model?
The government takes privately owned land for public use.
What is eminent domain?
Lack of affordable housing is a problem
What is the biggest challenge facing cities of modern urban growth/sustainability?
The largest city in a country has 18 million people, the second largest city has 9 million.
What is an example of rank-size rule
Goal of improving the social & economic conditions of urbanized population while maintaining environmental quality.
What is Urban Sustainability?
A suburban area experiencing significant growth in population and prosperity.
What is a boomburb?
Oil and Energy
What is the largest industry in Houston, Texas?
Private organization can make spending decisions but cannot tax the residents
What challenge does an independent corporation face when improving the urban infrastructure?
Abandoned and polluted industrial sites
What are brownfields?
Farmers have a stronger voice in Europe than they do in the U.S.
Why is sprawl more limited in Europe than in the U.S.?
The division of large houses previously owned by one wealthy family into smaller apartments for lower-income families
What is filtering?
Better bicycle infrastructures in European cities impacts the environment in this way.
What causes European cities to produce fewer greenhouse gases than U.S. cities?
As a result, businesses will more easily be able to attract workers and also transport their goods.
How might a strong infrastructure impact society?
States that the interaction between two places can be determined by the product of the population of both places, divided by the square of their distance from one another.
What is the gravity model?
Discourages sprawl by developing on land within an existing built up area
What is infill development?